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A Paparazzo's Lament: Beckham Bad for Business
Celebrity photographer Frank Griffin of the Bauer-Griffin photo agency talked to Andrew Gumbel about his experiences with David and Victoria Beckham.
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Celebrity photographer Frank Griffin of the Bauer-Griffin photo agency talked to Andrew Gumbel about his experiences with David and Victoria Beckham.
He’s been no good at all for business.
He sells in England, which is why he has 20 English photographers with him all the time. Posh organizes their arrivals and departures by paging them when she goes shopping...
In this business you get paid for exclusives, that’s what makes money.
David Beckham plays soccer… Occasionally he grabs his nuts, takes his shirt off, and The Sun writes a headline that goes Phoarrr -- spelled P-h-o-a-r-r. The picture makes 500 dollars, or pounds. You make more money on Zac Efron, he's worth anywhere for 100 to 1000 times more than Beckham.
About Beckham's time in Los Angeles:
Nobody gave a shit about him, except when he was doing the Calvin Klein stuffing your package ads. Posh was doing as much as she could to expose herself, but it was all a big yawn.
It’s still only fucking soccer, you know? It’s of no interest to people like us. When they orchestrated their official arrival, there must have been 200 people waiting for them at the airport. They made themselves look like wankers, in a town that’s already got so many larger-than-life figures...
This is La-la land. She ain’t going to show the La-las how to out-La-la the La-la people. Hollywood's been at this for a hundred years, making people with zero talent famous. It's a business -- look at Pamela Anderson, or Heidi Montag.
... Victoria thought this was going to be her pathway to stardom but what was she going to be? Stylist to the stars? The woman's got no style...
He's the Brad Pitt of the sporting world. He's good looking, and he can play. The country needs its heroes. But you can’t translate what he's got into the American context.
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Anonymous Says
where's the proof that Posh tips off the photographers? It doesn't exist, does it? And I think you'll find her last (clothes) collection sold out.
Anonymous Says
He's the Brad Pitt of the sporting world. He's good looking, and he can play. The country needs its heroes. But you can’t translate what he's got into the American context.
What context would that be now...sitting around eating HOT DAWGS and nachos and saying 'HEEELLLL YEAHHH' DID YOU SEE THAT BOOOYAA;
no sorry the rest of the world has more culture and understanding of the beautiful game then your tiny calorie filled hog like mind can ever comprehend. Go back to watching the padding steriod filled jocks prancing around the park..
Anonymous Says
Oh what a bitter bitter article.
lmao the zach efron comment was hilarious. Some prepubescent looking 13 year kid is more popular is he? Go around the world and ask them who beckham is(not that i like him as a player) and 90 per cent of kids would be able to tell you who he is. Go and show them a pic of zach efron and they wouldn't have a f())kin clue.
Face facts american soccer is small time beckham wants to play in a real city with real culture in europe and that is milan, Milan is 1 million times better then plastic surgery central los angeles oh and don't forget the daily gang wars...zach efron...rathflmao....
Anonymous Says
I second the above comment. What a stupid igonrant fool. Nobody gives a sh))t about soccer? amm maybe not in little america they don't but 90 per cent of humanity loves it and its the biggest sport in the world weither you like it or not. You'll never see kids in iraq or afghanistan playing american football. They play real football. The world cups coming up enjoy it because once again america will try and make out it doesn't care but it hurts you doesn't it that soccer is the number one sport and noone likes your rugby ripoff american jackass football....jealous
Anonymous Says
Only f**&ing soccer, what an ignorant ethnocentric statement-this is the world's game and I know that the average overweight, commercial addicted american cannot fathom a sport that endures 90 minutes of sheer conditioning and incredible skill.
They would rather watch their fat 'athletes' burst to speed for all of about 20 seconds and descend huffing and puffing through the commercial break-pathetic. Go on and eat your pork rines and chili you fat disgusting blob of turd. Try the game and then talk, you wouldn't last and I'll bet your wife says the same thing about you in bed. Fat Nerd!
Zach Efron... that guy is a homo waiting to come out of the closet-the kind of geek that throws like a girl I'll bet. Beckham has made an impact at the world level-Zach Efron is the wet dream of some twit of a 13 year old girl, with braces and a cell phone, and you place him on the same level as an international athlete what a dildo. I'll let you get back to your coffee and donuts fat-ass!
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